Not-so-great experience at Shopify - Anonymous employee Shopify Employee Review

1.0
Dec 18, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free food, amazing culture, coworkers form deep and meaningful relationships, people really care about one another, very smart leadership and workforce.

Cons

Silos in Shopify Plus, bad leadership is given an opportunity to run amok, little to no impact of bottom-up feedback for management.

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